EPICENTER Definition & Meaning

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epicenter

[ ep-uh-sen-ter ]

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noun

Also Geology. a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.
a focal point, as of activity:
Manhattan's Chinatown is the epicenter of the city's Chinese community.

epicenter

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The point on the Earth's surface that is directly above the focus (the point of origin) of an earthquake. The epicenter is usually the location where the greatest damage associated with an earthquake occurs.
See Note at earthquake

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Origin of epicenter¹

1885–90; < New Latin epicentrum < Greek ��í��Գٰ��ǲ� on the center. See epi-, center

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“I do think that we’re the epicenter of baseball,” he said.

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The virus then forced my wife Elvira and I to live apart from each other for the next 18 months — I in New York City, she in Italy, the two worldwide epicenters.

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Kern County — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake, the strongest to strike the region in three years, shook Southern California on Aug. 6, with an epicenter northwest of the Grapevine.

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The epicenter was 7 miles southwest of Thousand Oaks and Westlake Village.

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Southern California has long been an epicenter of high-speed car culture.

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